dc.contributor.author | Cairnes, John E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-08-21T09:46:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-08-21T09:46:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1854 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cairnes, John E. 'An examination into the principles of currency involved in the Bank Charter Act of 1844'. - Dublin: Dublin Statistical Society, 1854, pp1-78 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 00814776 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL E51 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL G21 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL K23 | |
dc.identifier.other | Y | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/20739 | |
dc.description | Paper delivered on 19th June 1853 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The prospects of the country at the present moment,
on the opening of a European war, present many
aspects of anxious interest, and afford indications of
a revival of many subjects of discussion.
It is certain that
the necessity of supporting large military expenditure
in foreign countries is likely to bring our monetary laws to a severe
test. We have already parted with some four or five
millions of bullion in discharge of foreign liabilities
of one kind or another ; and though the exchanges
may have rallied for the present, it is not possible
that the country should carry on its warlike proceedings
on the scale which seems to be contemplated,
without becoming subject to occasional drains of the precious metals of a more extensive character than
we have for many years experienced. The occasion,
therefore, seems not to be unsuitable for inviting public
attention to a consideration of the principles upon
which our currency laws are based. These principles,
so far at least as regards the control of our paper
circulation, are embodied in the Bank Charter Act of
1844. The
points which it is proposed to discuss are those only
which affect the central establishment in London;
according to which an artificial limit, prescribed
by the legislature, is placed upon the issue of notes
payable on demand. | en |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Dublin Statistical Society | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of the Dublin Statistical Society | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 1854 | en |
dc.relation.haspart | Vol. [No.], [Year] | en |
dc.source.uri | http://www.ssisi.ie | |
dc.subject | Banking law | en |
dc.subject | Paper currency | en |
dc.subject | Monetary policy | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 314.15 | |
dc.title | An examination into the principles of currency involved in the Bank Charter Act of 1844 | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.status.refereed | Yes | |